Well, there was evidence that it helped and then mainstream pharmaceutical buried the evidence and killed all the scientists. Cause it’d affect their bottom line. And then you’ve got the secret kabal controlling everything that wants us hooked on their drugs for mind control. The anti-christ is alive, right now, and his name is healthcare /s
The real reason is probably that it was a dewormer that helped some very sick people feel better when they had covid, and then conspiracies about it took off when scientists said “yeah, that’s probably not helpful for covid”. Science is a messy process, but because of the authoritative way it’s taught, people have trouble connecting the process of finding answers in real time with the firmness of the results. That, plus grifters pumping people full of fear and anxiety so they keep coming back for the next hit. It’s not pushing ivermectin because they have stake in it. It’s pushing ivermectin because it fits a pre-established narrative and thinking is, like, real tough, y’all. You gotta, like, put effort into that. Which is dumb. I’ve got this one drum, I’mma bang it all day.
The round earth viewpoint is very boring to discuss. It is round, obviously, but anything fun about that feels like math to talk about. A myth about a flat earth feels mystical and like you’re in a secret group. There’s an appeal in believing something that skeptics have a hard time understanding. I know, I’ve been both in my life, and the struggle is real. (Never a flat earther, though)